[Greenbuilding] Sealing/artwork on ferrocement tub

Sacie Lambertson sacie.lambertson at gmail.com
Thu Jun 23 14:38:16 CDT 2011


Re Xypex, we used it to seal the outside of our house, the part of the
basement that was back-filled.  Essentially painted it on.  Have nary a bit
of water coming through the wall.  Was a very effective seal and not all
that expensive used that way.

Found it in Kansas City as I recall.

Sacie

On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 11:47 AM, RT <ArchiLogic at yahoo.ca> wrote:

> On Sat, 18 Jun 2011 16:09:56 -0400, Ken Beiser <woodwrights at centurytel.net>
> wrote:
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>  I built a ferrocement tub surrounded by natural rock and stone but I ended
>> up with a few fine cracks.
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> Not "sealing" per se but one of the Xypex products will definitely do the
> job.
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> Not cheap though.
>
> A little 25 lb bag of the dry, powdered "C-1000" admix (ie to add to a
> cement/stone/sand mix when casting a concrete countertop to make the
> concrete waterproof) costs about $120 IIRC here in Ottawa ON).
>
> Me ? For a ferrocement tub that's already been cast and is cracked and in
> need of "decoration", I think that I'd look at tiling it with either
> fully-vitrified porcelain or glass mosaic. (ie tiles small enough to easily
> conform to small-radius curved surfaces, fully vitrified = impervious to
> moisture throughout the entire thickness of the tile and will endure a
> lifetime of scrubbing with abrasive scrubbers/cleansers).
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